We're planning to hit the Southwest at the end of this month. I'm heading out there by train, along with Owen, and we also need to train, as in, get ready for 5 days of MUni in the desert. So Owen called a ride in Berkeley, and we got a good crew to crank all the way up to the top by the Steam Trains.

I'm a pretty dedicated Oaklander, which means I don't get over to the West Bay that much. But Colin and Bevan offered to host a ride in Bernal Heights Park, where I've never ridden, and it was a gorgeous day, so a few of us made the haul over.

Upper-crust schools in California get "ski week" off in February, which meant that Chris had some time on his hands. We decided to take a mid-week break up in the wine country, trying a new trail near Calistoga (Oat Hill Mine Road), possibly its first unicycle descent. After camping at Napa Bothe, we headed over the ridge to ride our standard loop in Annadel.

We had our biggest ride in a long time this weekend, with a dozen people coming from places as far away as Santa Cruz and Auburn. It was a beautiful day, cool and crisp, and we did a ton of sessioning.

I happened to run into Owen with his MUni on campus a couple weeks ago, and this weekend we got together to do a ride in Berkeley. I got to show him some of the trails near campus, and he got to show me how a trials guy rides MUni.

We sometimes ride on roads, but not like Ed Pratt. He's been on the road, solo, unsupported, for over two years, starting at his home in southwestern England, and intending to travel around the world in an unbroken line. He's just arrived in the States, and set off from Fort Point to cross the final continent of his trip.